German philanthropy in transatlantic perspective : perceptions, exchanges and transfers since the early twentieth century /: perceptions, exchanges and transfers since the early twentieth century. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gregory R. Witkowski, Arnd Bauerkämper.
• Editors: Witkowski, Gregory R; Bauerkämper, Arnd
• Contents: Introduction (Gregory Witkowski and Arnd Bauerkämper).-Philanthropy: Theory and Comparison.- Foundations in Germany and the United States: Comparative Observation (Stefan Toepler).-Philanthropic Giving: Reasons and Constellations (Frank Adloff).-German Philanthropy in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Dictatorship.-Philanthropy, Race, and Religion: The Gustav Adolf Association and National Socialism (Kevin Cramer).-Transnational Asymmetries. U.S. philanthropic foundationsand the German School of Politics in the 1920s and 1930s (Peter Weber).-German Philanthropy in Transatlantic Perspective.-Reintegrating Germany into the Atlantic Community:The Role of the Big American Foundations(Volker Berghahn).-"America" as an Argument: References to U.S. Foundations in Debatesabout Scientific Funding in West-Germany from 1945 to the late 1960s (Arnd Bauerkämper).-Reinhold Schairer and the Revival of the German PhilanthropicTradition from Weimar to the Federal Republic (Malcolm Richardson).-Philanthropy in Divided Germany.-Charitable Giving between the State and the Market:West Germany from 1945 to the 1980s (Gabriele Lingelbach).-From Restructuring to Dissolution to Rebuilding?Foundations and Endowments in East Germany (Thomas Adam).-International and Transnational German Philanthropy.-"Germans against Germans in Africa" East GermanPhilanthropic Aid in the Context of the Cold War (Gregory Witkowski).-The Biafra-Crisis and the Establishment of Humanitarian Aidin West Germany as a New Philanthropic Field (Florian Hannig).-Contemporary German MONGOs in Diani, Kenya:Two Approaches to Humanitarian Aid (Nina Berman).
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (250 pages)
• Subjects: 361.709430904; Social sciences; Charities -- Germany -- History -- 20th century; Business ethics; Political science; Business & Economics -- Business Ethics; Political Science -- General; Business ethics & social responsibility; Political science & theory; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Sociology; Germany -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Germany
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319408392
• Related ISBNs: 9783319408378
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